HS BASKETBALL: PIAA games involving D2 teams PPD

After a morning meeting, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association postponed several second-round basketball playoff games Thursday at the request of school officials from District 2.

Seven games involving Lackawanna League teams were moved to today in the aftermath of this week’s massive snowstorm.

Eighty of the 96 remaining games of the PIAA tournaments were played Thursday as scheduled.

“Nobody wanted to put anyone in harm’s way,” PIAA executive director Dr. Robert Lombardi said. “We had some concerns about teams traveling and we certainly do not want anyone to opt out of the tournament.

“We did our best to accommodate the teams by rescheduling to (today).”

When and where the winners of tonight’s second-round games will play has not been determined. Efforts are being made to secure sites for those teams for possible quarterfinal games Sunday. If the PIAA is unable to do so, the quarterfinals will be played Saturday.

There will be another conference call this morning to solidify the schedule.

“We are working on site availability,” Lombardi said. “We will know more when these games are played and we know the teams advancing. There is a possibility teams may have to play back-to-back.”

Sixteen games in the eastern half of the state that were scheduled for Thursday were moved to today — 12 are from District 2 where chairman Frank Majikes relayed travel concerns from administrators of member schools to PIAA officials Wednesday night.

“I have to thank all of the other district chairpeople, Dr. Lombardi and Mark Byers (PIAA chief operating officer), and the site managers for all of their help and patience in a difficult situation for our area, which really got hit hard by this storm,” Majikes said.

Tonight’s schedule includes seven boys games and five girls games involving District 2 teams.

The only site change was for the Dunmore girls and Scranton Prep boys teams. Dunmore’s Class 3A game against Saint Basil will start at 6 p.m. at Quakertown High School, followed at 7:30 by the Class 4A boys game between Prep and Imhotep Charter.

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